Reviews

‘Invisible’s got an excellent, tense plot, shifting between the two main characters, with a good number of surprises along the way. Poulson always has great, strong women characters, with real lives and feelings . . .  I liked the fact that the depictions of violence and injury were realistic without being over-detailed or gloating . . . It was a pleasure to find a book that did the excitement, the jeopardy and the thrills without putting off this reader . . .  a very good read for anyone.’

- CLOTHES IN BOOKS

A Forgotten Woman Crime Novelist

Posted on Jun 19, 2017 in Bodies From the Library, British Library, Ethel Lina White, Fear Stalks the Village, Hitchcock, She Faded into Air, The Lady Vanishes, The Spiral Staircase, The Wheel Spins, Wax | 12 Comments

‘Have you locked up, Nurse Cherry?’ ‘Yes, Nurse Silver.’ ‘Every door, every window?’ ‘Yes, yes.’ Yet even as she shot home the last bolt of the front door, at the back of Nurse Cherry’s mind was a vague misgiving. She had forgotten – something. She was young and pretty, but her expression was anxious. While […]

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Bodies from the Library

Posted on May 10, 2017 in Bodies From the Library, British Library, Elizabeth Daly, Ethel Lina White, Sarah Ward | 6 Comments

Bodies from the Library has become an annual event. I went for the first time last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I was delighted to be invited to speak this year. Sarah Ward and I will be talking about ‘Forgotten Women Authors’. Sarah’s choice is Elizabeth Daly and mine is Ethel Lina White. I’ve already […]

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Ethel Lina White: underrated GA writer?

Posted on Aug 31, 2015 in Ethel Lina White, Fear Stalks the Village, Hitchcock, The Lady Vanished, The Spiral Staircase, The Wheel Turns, Wax | 2 Comments

I am often alerted to a book I might enjoy by my good blogfriend, Moira, over at Clothesinbooks.com and that was the case with Ethel Lina White’s Fear Stalks the Village. You can see her review here: http://bit.ly/1JrsBCs. As I happened I already had a ‘box set’ of White’s novels on my e-reader and this […]

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